Portland Trail Blazers center Jusuf Nurkic has been ruled out for the season after suffering compound fractures to his left tibia and fibia, the team announced during the early hours of Tuesday morning. Nurkic went down with the injury in the second overtime of the Blazers’ win against the Brooklyn Nets and was taken to a local area hospital immediately.
Blazers say Jusuf Nurkic sustained compound fractures to his left tibia and fibia. He is out for the season and no timetable has been set for his return to basketball activity.